FY25 BK Software Renewal

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center has issued a Special Notice for the FY25 BK Software Renewal, a sole source contract opportunity valued under the simplified acquisition threshold. NASA intends to award this contract directly to HOTTINGER BRUEL & KJAER INC., located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, as they have been determined to be the sole provider of the required Bruel & Kjaer Connect software maintenance and support renewals. The procurement will be conducted under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) for commercial items and services, with performance taking place at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The contract covers 22 different floating and node-locked software licenses across various BK Connect modules used for engineering analysis, including Data Viewer, Hardware Setup, Data Processing, Modal Analysis, and Frequency Analysis tools. The contract period will run from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, and falls under NAICS code 334515 for Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals.

The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to inform potential contractors of NASA's intent to proceed with a sole source procurement while providing an opportunity for other qualified organizations to demonstrate their capabilities. Interested contractors must submit their qualifications and capabilities in writing to the primary point of contact, Cara Craft, no later than 1:00 PM Central Standard Time on July 24, 2025, with oral communications explicitly not accepted. NASA will evaluate these submissions solely to determine whether the procurement might be conducted on a competitive basis, though the government retains full discretion over the final procurement approach. The scope includes annual Software Maintenance and Support Agreements for existing licenses with specific serial numbers and host IDs, as well as license exchanges where certain licenses will be added to existing systems with corresponding credit memos. Organizations responding must demonstrate their ability to provide the specialized Bruel & Kjaer software maintenance and support services required by NASA's engineering operations at Johnson Space Center.